Month: August 2016

While the two Manchester clubs eased to wins, for the second week in a row Chelsea were rescued by their pantomime villain Diego Costa with a late winner and last season’s top two Leicester and Arsenal played out a bore draw in which both sides seemed more concerned with not losing. The big shock of […]

The normal order of things was restored to my life with the return of the Premier League over the weekend. First up in the lunch-time kick-off, champions Leicester were defeated by a newly promoted Hull squad that had no manager, only 13 fit players and have been largely written off by everyone. In many ways […]

The 2015/16 season was one in which the traditional hierarchy of the Premier League was shaken up; not so long ago it was perm four out of a maximum of six for the top four and pick one of Chelsea, City or United for the title. However the under-performance of the traditional Premier League big […]